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1) Sam: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
"What happens to a girl’s sense of joy and belonging—to her belief in herself—as she becomes a woman? This unforgettable portrait of coming-of-age offers subtle yet powerful reflections on class, parenthood, addiction, lust, and the irrepressible power of dreams. “There is a girl, and her name is Sam.” So begins Allegra Goodman’s moving and wise new novel. Sam is seven years old and living in Beverley, Massachusetts. She adores her...
2) The dot
Author
Series
Creatrilogy volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.
Author
Language
English
Description
Throughout your life, you've had parents, coaches, teachers, friends and mentors who have pushed you to be better than your excuses and bigger than your fears. What if the secret to having the confidence and courage to enrich your life and work is simply knowing how to push yourself? Using the science of habits, riveting stories and surprising facts from some of the most famous moments in history, art and business, Mel Robbins will explain the power...
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Series
Princess Academy trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.
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Series
Avalon Bay volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Mackenzie Cabot has spent most of her twenty years pleasing the other people around her so she is going to Garnet College in the expensive beachside town of Avalon Bay in South Carolina when she would really rather focus on her growing internet business; Cooper Hartley is a local boy who usually tends bar and disdains the rich, spoiled college kids he sees every day--but MacKenzie and Cooper fall for each other, until money and family come between...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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With wry wit and hard-earned wisdom, popular online personality and founder of TheChicSite.com founder Rachel Hollis helps readers break free from the lies keeping them from the joy-filled and exuberant life they are meant to have. Founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Chic Media, Rachel Hollis has created an online fan base of hundreds of thousands of fans by sharing tips for living a better life while...
Author
Publisher
The Open Field-Penguin Life
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"As Martha Beck says in her book, 'Integrity is the cure for psychological suffering. Period.' In 'The Way of Integrity,' Beck presents a four-stage process that anyone can use to find integrity, and with it, a sense of purpose, emotional healing, and a life free of mental suffering. Much of what plagues us--people pleasing, staying in stale relationships, negative habits--all point to what happens when we are out of touch with what truly makes us...
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Series
Life of a cactus volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After navigating middle school, ninth-grader Aven, born without arms, struggles with the challenges of high school, which test her confidence, strength, and sense of self. Just as Aven starts to feel comfortable in Stagecoach Pass, with her friends and schoolmates accustomed to her lack of “armage,” everything changes once again. Shes about to begin high school . . . with 3,000 new kids to stare at her. And no matter how much Aven tries to play...
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Luvvie Ajayi Jones uses her honesty and humor to inspire teens to be their bravest, boldest, truest selves, in order to create a world they would be proud to live in. The world can feel like a dumpster fire, with endless things to be afraid of. It can make you feel powerless to ask for what you need, use your voice, and show up truly as your whole self. Add the fact that often, people might make you feel like your way of showing up is TOO MUCH. ...
12) Be who you are
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Picture book encouraging kids to be proud of what makes them unique, where they come from, and how they express themselves and see the world.
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Series
Ella enchanted volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
With her adventurous sister, Meryl, suffering from the the Grey Death, meek and timid Princess Addie sets out to find a cure.
14) Slumpbuster
Author
Series
Super sluggers volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old slugger Banjo "The Great Walloper" Bishbash is overcome by a nasty hitting slump as he tries to lead the Rambletown Rounders to the division baseball championship.
16) Stanley
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c1962
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Chased away by the other cavemen because he is different, Stanley finds a new and better way of living.
Author
Language
English
Description
"With humor and honesty, and guided by the influence of her inspiring and professional troublemaking grandmother, Funmilayo Faloyin, Luvvie walks us through what we must get right within ourselves before we can do the things that scare us; how to use our voice for a greater good; and how to put movement to the voice we've been silencing--because truth-telling is a muscle. The point is not to be fearless. It is to know we are afraid and to charge forward...
18) Peterrific
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Peter loves to build with blocks. One day, he decides to build a tower that will reach the moon, and he wants to do it all by himself. Will the moon be made of cheese? Can he catch a shooting star? As Peter climbs higher and higher into space, he discovers he doesn’t have a way down! He’ll have to figure out what to do next—all by himself.
19) Acting techniques for everyday life: look and feel self-confident in difficult, real life situations
Author
Publisher
Marlowe
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"How many times in your life have you felt truly confident? Do you find self-assuredness a fleeting feeling, or a consistent state of mind? These have been unusual times and difficult years, and many of us have found our expertise tested and our confidence challenged. As a senior vice president at one of the world's premiere auction houses and a commanding presence in every room, it's easy to believe Lydia Fenet's confidence comes easily. In reality,...
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